Russian Visa News
Russia proposes to introduce “New Year visa” for foreign tourists
Monday, December 30, 2019
State Duma deputy Viktor Zubarev proposed introducing of special international visa for foreign citizens. The politician explains that foreigners should be able to come to Russia on New Year holidays with simplified scheme.
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Recognition of visas and abolition of roaming between Russia and Belarus
Monday, December 23, 2019
During conference in Moscow, Secretary of State of the Union State of Russia and Belarus Grigoriy Rapota said that an agreement on the mutual recognition of visas between two states was ready; decision of the heads of state is expected.
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The State Duma may allow foreigners to register aliens
Monday, December 16, 2019
On Thursday the State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill allowing foreigners to register other aliens in their dwelling on a migration registration.
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Russia called terms for easing visa restrictions with the UK
Monday, December 9, 2019
According to Russian ambassador Andrei Kelin, Russia is ready to discuss with the UK easing visa restrictions for all categories of citizens, if London is ready for this.
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Ministry of Health plans introduction of an electronic medical visa
Monday, December 2, 2019
The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation is considering together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs possible introduction of electronic medical visa for foreigners. Director of the department of international cooperation and public relations of the Ministry of Health Sergey Muraviev informs about it.
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Ministry of Interior has developed a project to combat foreign violators
Monday, November 25, 2019
In order to create a system of punishment for violating the rules of the road for citizens traveling on cars with foreign numbers, MVD of Russia has developed a “road map”. The bodies of MVD, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Justice, customs services and the Federal Security Services (FSB) took part in the development of this system.
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Effective 1 November 2019 a residence permit in Russia has become indefinite
Monday, November 18, 2019
Now a residence permit is issued for 5 years with the right of extension. Term for considering applications for issuing permits for temporary residence was reduced to 4 months.
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To foreigners will expand the validity of an electronic visas in the Far East
Monday, November 11, 2019
On Tuesday during a plenary meeting the State Duma approved a bill about an extending of simplified procedure for entry of foreigners into the Russian Federation with e-visas at automobile, river and mixed checkpoints in the Far Eastern Federal Area.
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Foreign tourists with electronic visas face difficulties at the border
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Press service of the city committee for tourism development said that when crossing the border foreign tourists face difficulties in entering St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region.
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Electronic visa will allow staying in Russia for up to 16 days
Monday, October 28, 2019
According to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, from January 1, 2021 it is planned to introduce a single-entry visa for short-term stay in Russia for up to 16 days. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia started to prepare the project on short-term electronic visa for foreigners.
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Russia to introduce mandatory fingerprinting of foreigners
Monday, October 21, 2019
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation is considering an introduction of mandatory fingerprinting for all foreign tourists. The First Deputy Chief the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Alexandr Gorovoy informed about it at the 18th meeting of heads of special services, security agencies and law-enforcement organizations of foreign states in Sochi.
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Russia and Latvia discussed ways to facilitate mutual travel
Monday, October 14, 2019
According to the Russian Embassy in Riga, on October 9, during the exchange of views on the Russia–EU agreement on the simplified procedure for issuing visas, Russia and Latvia have discussed ways to provide consular assistance and have exchanged statistics on the issuance of visas and permits for border traffic.
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To obtain the Russian passport with the second citizenship
Monday, October 7, 2019
The Ministry of Economic Development has proposed to maintain the second citizenship obtaining the passport of the Russian Federation. The accompanying documents, that were prepared for the draft of the federal budget for 2020–2022, say that in the future foreign citizens will not have to renounce the citizenship of another country to acquire the Russian citizenship.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow issues invitations only in electronic format
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Effective 1 October 2019 the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow began to issue invitations for entry to the Russian Federation only in electronic format.
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Tourist visa
Tourist visa is ideal for a short-term trip to Russia (for up to 30 days) and allows to enter the country not only for the purpose of tourism but also to participate in business negotiations or visit Russian relatives and friends, etc. More...
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Business visa
Business visa is the most popular type of Russian visa for businesspeople and long-term trips.
Business visas vary in number of permitted entries (for single-, double- and multiple-entry trips) and validity period (from 30 days to 1 year and more). The complete term of stay in Russia on a business visa should not exceed 90 days within each 180 days.
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